Mower County transcript., 1887-11-30
t; N of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
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A FIRE which started on the 10th In the
Goodlander hour-min at Fort Scott, Kan
destroyed property valued at $3.50 900
Tm new State-house at indianapolis was
foramaAy accepted by the commissioners
on the 10Th. The total cost Of the building
was 81, $50, 900, which is $40, 900 less than
the limit fixed by law. - ,,''@
NNErEEN Illinois counties on the 10th re-
ported the spread of hog cholera. and many
animals had died '
THE burning of two coal breakers on the
18th caused great excitement in the Penn
sylvania coal regions, because it was
thought to have been the work of striking
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FOREST fires were ON the Goth causing
great destruction in south and west Ken
lucky. -
AN International six-day go-as- you please
race started on the evening of the Goth In
Philadelphia There were thirteen starters
ATtwenty-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 10Th aggregated 81, 49,
294, ,63S, against $963, ,459, 083 the pre-
vious week AS compared with the CORE
amounts to 7.S per cent e. = g.. .. ,~
A FIRE on the Goth at York, Neb, de-
stroyed seven stores, including Union and
Masonic blocks Loss, 100000
TIE livery stable Of s. B. Miller, in Chi
Gag, was destroyed by fire on the 10Th, and
twenty-five horses were burned to death
A GANG of counterfeiters were arrested on
the 10th near Port Huron, Mich, and two
expensive plants for making bogus silver
dollars were found in their possession
PHENoAtNA1 darkness fell at noon on the
18th over portions of Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky, the obscuration being denser
than total eclipse. -.
PETER BAXTER was arrested on the 2lst at
Omaha for killing q street-car driver at
Minneapolis and carrying off and ritling the
fare-box
A WOMAN named Mirande and her twelve
year-old daughter, who, it was Thought are
afflicted with leprosy, were placed in the
hospital for contagious diseases at Philadel-
phia on the 21st The mother presents the
hdeous appearance Of leper, but she at
tributes the illness from which she was suf-
fering to her eating of a poisonous Brazilian
plant 80 s
TIE Fisheries Commission held ., pre-
iminary conference at Washington on the
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In the Arensdorf trial at Sioux Cityon the
21st damaging testimony was introduced
by the State, which would make it difficult
for the accused to succeed in his attempt to
establish an alibl *tS
PATRICK O'BB1EN, a plumber. was shot
and killed on the 21st by Blue Island
avenue (Chicago) saloon-keeper named
WilliamKleeman-
AB1ooDY fight took place on the Goth be-
tween whites and blacks, at Jellico, Ky:, in
which three men were killed and number
wounded Whisky was the cause of the
fight
FnD1A1, Ill, was almost destroyed by
Ere late On the night Of the 21sk Dwell
ings stores and churches were consumed
THERE was q heavy frost throughout
Georgia and the Carohnas on the morning
of the 21st
JACOB ScHwAB was killed at New York ON
the 21st by falling down an elevator shaft
in his warehouse. He was q wel-known
importer of laces
FIRE on the 21st at Mound City, Ill, de-
s1oyed thirty-five buildings, including two
hotels, the mayors residence, the Patriot
Office and three dry-goods storea A negro
has been arrested for causing the confagra-
tdon by setting fire to an unoccupied saloon.
MINNEAPOLIS elevator men gave notice to
patrons ON the 21st that hereafter they
would charge one cent for transferring
grain, instead of one-haH cent, the figure
heretofore. -...
HENBY LOCKWOOD and wife, residing near
Marion, Ind. >, left their three children, the
youngest eighteen months and the oldest
eight years, in the house alone on the night
of thet 10th. When the parents returned
the next day the babe was frozen to death
and the others FROST bitten.
MILWAUKEE union malsters on the 21st is
sued circular which. although cleverly
worded has the appearance Of boycott
against brewers not in accord with them.@A
general strike was immtnentin the Cream
City
FOREST fires in Tennessee, Arkansas and
Mississippi had not been checked on the
21st and wind~storm which prevailed Sat
arday fs supposed to have famed the flames
and increased its destructive force
FRANK J. NoRTHEY, convicted at San Fran
cisco, Cal, recently OF attempting to bribe
. jury, was sentenced on the 21st to nine
years imprisonment 5..s.
HENRY v LESLIE and James A. l. Wilson,
formerly secretary and treasurer, respec-
lively, OF the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal Company at Philadelphia, pleaded
guilty OF embezzlement on the 21st and
were sentenced to eight and six years, re-
specdyely, in the penitentiary. By their
operations the concern lost nearly $780,
900. E .>- .<s%.
FRosr and thin Ice at Tampa, Fla on the
morning on the 21st was supposed to have
killed the yellow fever germ and the people
were celebrating the event ..1 ~. 81
The Hamilton family, wealthy citizens Of
Fort Wayne, Ind commenced suit against
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